5:05 AM,
Oct. 8, 2013

Written by

Claudia Puig, USA TODAY

Parkland attempts to recount the four days surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. That's a tall task, and in casting such a wide net, the film leaves quite a few gaps.

The events of those days would have been better covered in greater depth in a miniseries, rather than a 90-minute movie (** 1/2 out of four; rated PG-13; opens Friday in select cities).

The title refers to the hospital where Kennedy was taken immediately after being shot on Nov. 22, 1963. It was also the place where his purported assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was taken when he was shot by Jack Ruby. ...